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BEHIND-THE-SCENES TOUR OF GLENSTONE

11/15/2026

GLENSTONE MUSEUM | POTOMAC, MD
PRICE TBD
RESERVED FOR CAUCUS MEMBERS ONLY

Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 10am-11am

Join fellow Caucus members for an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of Glenstone with Assistant Curator Yuri Stone! With Glenstone’s limited capacity and coveted timed ticketing, this event will only be open to Caucus members.

YURI STONE

Yuri Stone is Assistant Curator at Glenstone, a modern and contemporary art museum located in Potomac, Maryland. As assistant curator, he works with artists to realize exhibitions, long-term installations, and publications. Most recently, he co-curated Ellsworth Kelly at 100, a career survey of the artist’s work which will travel to internationally venues in the coming year. At Glenstone, he has also curated monographic exhibitions by Doris Salcedo (2022), R.H. Quaytman (2022), Charles Ray (2021-ongoing), and a career survey of work by Jeff Wall (2021). In 2022, he coordinated the installation of Richard Serra’s Four Rounds: Equal Weight, Unequal Measure, a monumental, permanent artwork installed in a custom-designed building made to house the artwork at Glenstone in perpetuity.

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Water Court at Glenstone Museum

Glenstone Assistant Curator, Yuri Stone

COFFEE & CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS MALONE

5/30/2026

COFFEE & CONVERSATION
VIRTUAL STUDIO TOUR WITH CHRIS MALONE
HOSTED ON ZOOM
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Saturday May 30, 2026 | 11am-12pm ET

Join JRACraft for a behind-the-scenes virtual studio tour with DC-based doll artist, Chris Malone. Chris’s work is rooted in traditional African doll making but takes it a step further by utilizing it as a medium to explore spirituality and ancestry. In creating these sculptures, Chris strikes a balance between imaginative play and spiritual practice. Chris will introduce viewers to his work and discuss his influences, creative process, and techniques.

CHris malone

Chris Malone is a self taught visual artist who creates beautiful and imaginative dolls. His work is nationally recognized and has been featured in galleries in New York, New Orleans, and Washington DC, as well as in numerous books and doll magazines, such as “Doll Art Quarterly,” Lark Crafts’ “Masters Polymer Clay, Major Works By Leading Artist, and North Light Books’ “Creative Time and Space.” In addition, his soft sculptures were featured in the 2012 film, “Woman Thou Loosed: On the Seventh Day.” Chris has also become prolific in creating 3D mosaics.

Chris Malone in his studio

Babuka, Chris Malone. Awarded Best in Show, Creative Craft Council Exhibition at the Strathmore Mansion, Rockville

In his studio, Malone works on I Can Only Suggest, the Choices Are Yours. Photo by Steven M. Cummings

INOVA ARTS COLLECTION TOUR

5/1/2026

JOAN HISAOKA HEALING ARTS GALLERY
SCHAR CANCER INSTITUTE | FAIRFAX VA
PRICE TBD
RESERVED FOR CAUCUS MEMBERS ONLY

Friday, May 1, 2026| 11am-12:00pm

Join fellow JRACraft Caucus members for an exclusive tour of the Inova Schar Cancer Institute's Healing Arts Gallery! The Inova SCI's Arts and Healing Program is dedicated to exhibiting fine art that explores the innate connection between healing and creativity through a rotating exhibition schedule and a gallery featuring contemporary artists. The program curates a healing environment to support those affected by cancer through art installations and ongoing exhibitions. Consistent with Inova’s stated goal of providing patient-centered care, the program also includes performing arts events and other workshops, not only for patients and their families but for Inova staff as well.

After the tour, all participants are invited to a "no-host" meal at a restaurant to spend more time together and discuss the tour.

registration coming soon!

HILLARY WATERS FAYLE

3/31/2026

DISTINGUISHED ARTIST SERIES WITH HILLARY WATERS FAYLE
online ARTIST TALK AND in-person DEMONSTRATION

Tuesday, March 31 & Saturday, April 4, 2026

Thank you to Amanda M. Phillips for her generous sponsorship of Hillary Waters Fayle's Distinguished Artist Series.

Thank you to Diane Charnov for her support of this program.

About Hillary Waters Fayle

With a background in fiber/textile design and a deep fascination and respect for nature & the environment, Hillary Waters Fayle brings together materials and processes that express the union of humanity and the physical world, through textile traditions in collaboration with botanical material.

In addition to being an artist, Hillary is an Assistant Professor, directing the fiber program at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she also earned her MFA. She has lectured and taught workshops at Penland School of Craft (NC), Arrowmont School of Art and Craft, the Appalachian Center for Craft (TN), Oak Spring Garden Foundation (VA), Yasar University (Turkey), and Bazart Textiel (France). Her work has been exhibited in Italy, China, Belgium, Turkey, France and the US Embassies to Algeria and Bangladesh and is included in collections at the Burchfield Penney Art Center (NY), Grace Farms Foundation (CT), the Kalmthout Arboretum & Botanical Gardens (Belgium) and the US Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Recent exhibitions were on view at the Lewis Glinter Botanical Gardens, Virginia Quilt Museum, AKG Museum and Turchin Center for Visual Arts. Professional projects and publications include collaborations with Domestika, L'Occitane en Provence and the new York Botanical Garden. A public installation in collaboration with the AKG Museum can be seen year round in Buffalo, NY.

ARTIST TALK (ONLINE ONLY)

Tuesday March 31, 2026 | 2pm-3pm ET
Free and open to the public | Hosted on Zoom

Learn about Hillary Waters Fayle's career and influences in this online program.

DEMONSTRATION (IN PERSON ONLY)

Saturday April 4, 2026 | 10am-12pm
Hosted at Compass Arts Center |10335 Kensington Parkway, Kensington, MD, 20895

Meet Hillary Waters Fayle and watch her demonstrate her techniques!

$25 Members of JRACraft | $35 Non-members

register now!

Hillary Waters Fayle

Penland Pop, Hillary Waters Fayle

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MARGARITA CABRERA

2/3/2026

DISTINGUISHED ARTIST SERIES WITH MARGARITA CABRERA
online ARTIST TALK AND in-person WORKSHOP

Tuesday, February 3 & Saturday, February 7, 2026

JRACraft has partnered with VisArts to present artist Margarita Cabrera, for the second program in this season's Distinguished Artist Series.

Register below to join us for a virtual artist talk on Tuesday, February 3, where Cabrera will discuss her career and influences. Later that week on Saturday February 7, meet Cabrera at VisArts for a live workshop to discover the techniques and process behind her fiber sculpture and take home your own embroidery project.

About Margarita Cabrera

Margarita Cabrera received an MFA from Hunter College in New York, NY. Cabrera's work centers on social-political issues including cultural identity, migration, violence, inclusivity, labor and empowerment. Cabrera creates sculptures made out of mediums ranging from steel, copper, wood, ceramics and fibers. Her work helps people define their place and voice in the social and cultural dialogues evolving in their communities.

Cabrera currently lives and works in El Paso where she recently had a two-year exhibit at the El Paso Museum of Art. Her most recent exhibitions include a show entitled "Pop Departures" at the Seattle Art Museum. Her work has been included in galleries such as 516Arts, Sara Meltzer, Walter Maciel, and Synderman-Works. Her work has been included in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the McNay Museum San Antonio, the Sweeney Art Center for Contemporary Art at the University of California, Riverside, the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, and El Museum del arrio, NYC, LA County Museum of Art, CA.

ARTIST TALK (ONLINE ONLY

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 1pm - 2pm Eastern
Free and open to the public | Hosted on Zoom

Learn about Margarita Cabrera's career and influences in this online program. Registration is free and required to receive the Zoom link.

workshop (IN PERSON ONLY)

Saturday, February 7, 2026 | 10am - 12pm
Hosted at VisArts |155 Gibbs Street, Rockville, MD 20850

Meet Margarita Cabrera and learn the process and techniques behind her fiber sculptures in her A Space In Between works! This workshop will include a hands-on, participatory component, with the opportunity to take home your own embroidery project inspired by Margarita's A Space In Between.

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Margarita Cabrera

Space in Between, 2016

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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY & CULTURE TOUR

1/10/2026

MEMBER MEET-UP: after hours GUIDED TOUR
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE
1400 CONSTITUTION AVE NW
WASHINGTON DC 20560

Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 5:30pm

Join fellow JRACraft members for a members-only after-hours tour of the National Museum of African American History and Culture with Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye, Creative Director of the African American Craft Alliance, and Dr. Joanne Hyppolite, Supervisory Curator of the National Museum African American History and Culture!

After the museum closes to the public, JRACraft and AACA members will get an exclusive look at craft objects throughout several of NMAAHC's current exhibits.

Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye

Dr. Diana Baird N'Diaye is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, curator, writer, and transcontinental arts advocate of Barbadian and Guyanese descent. She combines decades of experience as a cultural heritage scholar at the Smithsonian Institution with leadership in the craft field. N'Diaye's signature long term project, “The Will to Adorn: African American Style and the Aesthetics of Identity" explores the diverse dynamics of personal adornment in the African diaspora. She recently curated the U.S. participation in DakArt in Senegal, the largest biennale in Africa, and currently directs the African American Craft Alliance. She is a recipient of multiple awards including the Smithsonian Secretary’s Research Prize. N’Diaye is an Honorary Fellow of the American Craft Council and a Fellow of the American Folklore Society.

Dr. Joanne Hyppolite

Joanne Hyppolite was born in Haiti and grew up in Boston, MA. She is the African Diaspora curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC. Prior to joining the Smithsonian in 2014, she was the Chief Curator at HistoryMiami Museum for eight years. Joanne has published two popular middle-grade novels for children with Penguin Random House: Seth and Samona which won the Marguerite DeAngeli prize for New Children’s Fiction and Ola Shakes It Up. Her adult fiction has published In the Caribbean Writer and The Butterfly’s Way: Voice from the Haitian Dyaspora. She holds Ph.D. in literature from the University of Miami, an M.A. in Afro-American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, and B.A. in African American Studies and Creative Writing from the University of Pennsylvania. Joanne lives in Maryland and Florida. She is Mom to amazing teenager and multidisciplinary artist Charles “Carl” Green, who wanted more real estate in her bios.

JRACRAFT DAY DECEMBER 6, 2025

12/6/2025

THE 18th Annual JRACraft Day 2025
SATURDAY, December 6, 2025 | 10AM - 5PM
woman's club of chevy chase, md
free admission

Join us in December for our annual JRACraft Day artist sale and showcase! Presenting work by artists who are members of the James Renwick Alliance for Craft (JRACraft), this show features a variety of mediums such as wood, jewelry, ceramics, glass, fiber, and metal. Support contemporary craft artists and find something unique and handmade for yourself or your loved ones at the start of the holiday season.

See the list of participating artists below.

Joseph Barnard
Barbara Lynn Bechthold
Charles Berk*
David Bunk*
Lisa Battle
Ellen Cohen
Joan Danoff*
Elyse Demaray
Eileen Doughty
Nora Fischer
Floris Flam
Jason Goldman
Brett Hay*
Kevin Hluch
Margaret Hluch
Carol & Jean-Pierre Hsu
Cara Jablon
Alice Kresse
Chris Lederman*
Laurel Lukaszewski
Mara Mayor
Jill Ross Meltzer

Page Morahan
Myania Moses*
Carol Oshinsky
Catherine O’Sullivan
Cheryl Paret*
Margaret Polcawich
Carol Press
Rebecca Ravenal
Wendy Ross
Elisabeth Running*
Jody Sachs
Carol Samour
Yulia Semchenko*
Chris Shea
Laurie Madsen Snarr
Raesharn Spain*
Hillary Steel
Candace Stribling
Laura Summer
Shamaka Thompson
Estelle Vernon
Richard Webster

*First time exhibitors at JRACraft Day.

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Our sponsors support the James Renwick Alliance for Craft and help make JRACraft Day possible. Sponsors are listed on the website and catalog, as well as thanked at the event. Sponsorship starts at $100 donation and is fully tax deductible.

If you'd like to have your name printed in the catalog, please complete your sponsorship before 5pm ET on Tuesday, December 2. Email [email protected] with any questions.

REMIND ME ONE WEEK BEFORE JRACRAFT DAY

THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS!

Nedra and Peter Agnew
Janice and Harvey Berger
Peg and Blain Butner
Anne Carmine
Ana Maria Castro and Bragi Valgeirsson
Craft Emergency Relief Fund (CERF+)
David Dao
Craig Edelbrock
Dan Elliott
Leon and Miriam Ellsworth
Brenda Erickson
Jere Gibber and J.G. Harrington
Marsha Gold
Betsy Holland
Reba Immergut
Leslie and Bruce Lane
Sandy and Norman Mitchell
Clemmer Montague
Kristin Muller
Geraldine E. Ostrove
Gwen and Jerry Paulson
Laura Petrovich-Cheney
Amanda Phillips
Susan and Fred Sanders
Stacy Sklaver
Rebecca AT and Gary G Stevens
Anne Swanson
Tim Tate
Jacqueline Urow
Andrea Uravitch
Richard Witt
Barbara Wolanin
Pati Young

SHAE BISHOP

10/21/2025

DISTINGUISHED ARTIST SERIES WITH SHAE BISHOP
online ARTIST TALK AND in-person DEMONSTRATION
TUESDAY OCTOBER 21 & SATURDAY OCTOBER 25, 2025

JRACraft is excited to partner with District Clay Center to present artist Shae Bishop, for the first program in this season's Distinguished Artist Series.

Register below to join us for a virtual artist talk on Tuesday, October 21, where Bishop will discuss his career and influences. Later that week on Saturday October 25, meet Bishop at the District Clay Center for a live demonstration to discover the techniques and process behind his intricate ceramic works.

Thank you to Diane Charnov for her generous support of this Distinguished Artist Series with Shae Bishop.

About Shae Bishop

Shae Bishop grew up in Kentucky and earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in Ceramics and Art History. His studio practice explores the relationships between ceramics, textiles, and the body. He makes mixed-media garments which he wears and documents in specific environments.

Bishop was based in North Carolina, where he co-founded treats Studios in Spruce Pine and exhibited at the Penland Gallery. He has been a resident artist in the Kohler Arts/Industry program and at the Archie Bray Foundation and has been a visiting artist at the University of Wisconsin, San Diego State University, and elsewhere. He has also done residencies and shown work internationally in Austria, Hungary, Turkey, Indonesia, and Japan.

Bishop currently lives in Richmond, Virginia, where he shares a home with his partner Annie Evelyn, two dogs, and a snake.

ARTIST TALK (ONLINE ONLY)

Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | Time 3pm ET
Free and open to the public | Hosted on Zoom

IN-PERSON DEMONSTRATION

Saturday, October 25, 2025 | 10am - 12pm
Hosted at Distict Clay Center |2414 Douglas Street NE
Washington, DC 20018

Meet Shae Bishop and watch him demonstrate his techniques!

$25 Members of JRACraft
$35 Non-members

Federal employees who have been furloughed due to the October 1, 2025 government shutdown may register for the demonstration free of charge. To take advantage of this offer, please enter coupon code FED25 after adding the Shae Bishop Demonstration to your registration.

REGISTRATION FOR SHAE BISHOP'S PROGRAM HAS CLOSED.

Shae Bishop

Waistcoat of Earthly Delights

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STUDIO VISIT MEMBER MEET-UP

10/5/2025

MEMBER MEET-UP
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2025 | 10AM-12:30PM
JUDITH GOODMAN & ELAINE ROBNETT Moore
STUDIO VISITS
Silver Spring and CHEVY CHASE, MD
register now - spots limited

Join JRACraft members for two-part studio visit in Silver Spring and Chevy Chase, MD! At 10am, the first hour-long studio visit will feature Elaine Robnett Moore. After Elaine's studio visit, the member meet-up continues to visit the studio of Judith Goodman from 11:30am-12:30pm. All attendees are invited to join a no-host lunch after the second studio tour. Studio addresses will be shared to registrants after registration is submitted.

Elaine Robnett Moore will showcase her family's legacy of creativity through a tour of her Ancestors Wall as well as her Wall of Beads. She will discuss a few of her featured works and tell the stories behind each piece, answer questions, and offer a live demo of her techniques.

Judith Goodman's studio visit will begin in her home and then proceed to her sculpture studio in the garden behind her home to see both finished work and work in progress. During the studio visit, members will hear about her process and how she uses pieces from her collection of diverse items in her work.

Elaine robnett moore

Elaine Robnett Moore is a fifth-generation artist and award-winning jewelry designer/maker, descended from Alexander Dumas, renowned for her bold, contemporary approach to design. Fusing tradition and storytelling with innovation, she creates bold, elegant pieces using unconventional materials and masterful beadwork. Her work has been exhibited globally—from North America, the Caribbean, and Europe to Africa and Asia. A Fulbright Specialist and author of The Art of Bead Stringing: Artist to Entrepreneur, Elaine is also a master teacher on faculty at Montgomery College’s Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus in Maryland, and a former president of The Bead Society of Greater Washington. Her jewelry celebrates heritage, creativity, and the transformative power of adornment.

JUDITH GOODMAN

After many years as a commercial and fine art photographer, Judith became interested in making sculpture as a way to move her images into three dimensions. From there the natural progression involved finding beauty and intensity in objects beyond their original purpose. The work is emotionally, rather than intellectually, inspired. Much of it has been influenced by recent wars and degradation of the climate. The assemblages are fragmented narratives illustrating the frailty of recollection. They are incongruous: mixing scale, texture, natural and manmade elements that have exceeded their useful life and progressed to another state.

Elaine Robnett Moore

Elaine Robnett Moore, Michelle Obama

Judith Goodman

Judith Goodman's studio

Judith Goodman, Inviting Extinction

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